Twilight Sparkle's First Date

Chapter 5 (last Chapter)

When Twilight was younger, her older brother used to read her bedtime stories every night. Twilight's favorite story was Sleeping Beauty.

Okay, in reality, Twilight's favorite book wasSpell-Bound Mysteries Starring Tina Hoofer, The Knowledgeable Unicorn. But Sleeping Beauty was definitely one of Twilight's top ten favorites. She didn't care much for the beginning part of the story, but she loved the second half, where the Princess dueled the evil unicorn King Somber.

Shining Armor always embellished this part of the story, making the duel as exciting as possible. One time, he went so far as to say the evil king turned himself into a giant dragon, which made the little filly giggle.

"But Princess Dawn, with her pure heart and strong will, was able to pierce through the evil King Somber's shield and cast him into the pit that he created," Shining Armor read. "With a scream, King Somber vanished into nothingness as he was destroyed forever."

"Yay!" Twilight said.

Shining Armor flipped the page. "With Somber gone, Princess Dawn was able to enter the enchanted tower. And after going up many, many flights of stairs, she reached the top, where she found her handsome Sleeping Beauty. She leaned over the bed and awoke him with a kiss."

"But why?" Twilight interrupted.

"Why what?" Shining Armor asked.

"Why did the kiss wake him up?" Twilight asked.

"Because that's how the curse worked, remember?" Shining said. "It could only be undone by true love's first kiss."

"But why does kissing wake people up?" Twilight asked. "That's not how Mommy wakes me up in the morning."

"Twiley..." Shining Armor said. "This was aspecial kiss. It was the first time Princess Dawn and Sleeping Beauty ever kissed each other. First kisses get rid of evil enchantments, you know."

"Oh," Twilight said.

"Someday, you're going to fall in love and get your first kiss," Shining Armor said. "And then you'll understand how wonderful they can be. It'll be the most magical moments of your life, one that you'll remember forever."

"Will I have to fight an evil unicorn king first?" Twilight asked.

Shining Armor laughed. "Hopefully not!"

As Twilight ran out the door of the restaurant, she couldn't help but be reminded of Sleeping Beauty. Her brother fighting Trixie was like Princess Dawn fighting the evil unicorn king, in the name of justice and love.

Twilight stopped near the trashcan outside and tried to look through the restaurant's windows. "I hope he doesn't get hurt," she said to herself.

"He'll be fine," somepony responded.

Twilight turned to the left and let out a small gasp when she found herself face-to-face with Trixie.

"Trixie! But you're-!"

"Inside?" Trixie laughed. "Please. Any halfway decent stage magician can fool the audience with a simple duplication spell."

Twilight took a step backwards. "But-!" she said.

"Shhhh!" Trixie said, putting her hoof on Twilight's lips. "Enough talking. It's time for kissing."

"I-" Twilight said.

Trixie pulled Twilight's head towards hers, and their lips came together. It was much likeSleeping Beauty, in that one of the kissers was passionate, while the other was using as much energy as an unconscious sleeper.